Keep the stripes. Looks good on your, but it looked better when you had the front lip on. I too want to know why you ditched the lip. It seemed to tie everything together.
I do some vinyl work and your vinyl guy did an awesome job with the stripes front and back.
I bought my car from this place!! I need to get out and mingle with the Mazda peeps, so I'll be there. Not sure if I will "show" my car since it is pretty much stock... maybe Ill change my mind last minute.